Truck.



H. D. ELLS.,

TRUCK.

APPLICATION riuso ocT.18, 1915.

1,274,152. Patented July 30, 19118.

Snowdon Wmme HALLETT D. ELLs, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led October 18, 1915. Serial No. 56,440. 1

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HALLETT D. ELLs, a Subject of Great Britain, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jacksonand State of Missouri, have invented a certain new'and usefulImprovementin Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trucks. Y

It relates'particularly to trucksv adapted for supporting andtransporting barrels.

One of the objects of-my invention is to provide a truck with'which aload, such as a barrel, may be easily raised from the floor and thetruck swung with the load from the vertical to a horizontal position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a truck with handles whichmay be moved from an operative rearwardly extending position to a foldedposition for the conservation of space.

Still another object of my invention is:V to i provide a truck which maybe economically manufactured, which will be strong and durable and whichis not liable to get out of order. Y Y The novel features of myinvention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the vention, y Y Y Figure1 is a perspectiveview of my improved truck, the handles beingshown inthe rearwardly extending position. f l

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the handles Vbeing shownin solidlines in the folded position and in dotted lines in the rearwardlyextending position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section one of thehandles.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.I

The frame of the truck comprises a'body having two parallel longitudinalangle `bars 1, the rear ends of which are turned atan angle so as toform legs 2, to which are respectively ksecured one set of ends of twobraces 3, the other set of ends of which are respectively secured to thehorizontally extending portions of the bars 1.

Two transverse supporting bars 4 have one set'of ends secured to oneangle bar 1, and the other set of ends secured to the other angle bar 1.Two downwardly extending arms 5 are rpectively secured to the anglebars 1. A roller support comprising a transpreferred embodiment of myinunloading position.

Two crossed braces 8 are respectively -se-f uircugirv verse horizontalbar 6 having .mounted thereupon two rollers or'wheelsf, is rotatablymounted` inthe arms 5 and serves as a wheeled supportfor 'the frame andalso as a fulcrum upon whichthe frame. may be swung from the horizontalposition shown in the drawing to the vertical loading and cured to thearms 5, adjacent to the lrollers 7, at oneset o f ends, theother set ofends be.V angle bars ing respectively secured tothe l1 as shown inFig. 1. Y

Each of the arms 5 at its forward portion preferably extends abovetheadjacentangle bar 1, as the truck is viewed in Fig. 1. A

transverse bar 9 is disposed edgewise to the upper sides of the anglebars 1, and forming a load supporting llipisprovided at its respectiveends with two U-shaped'portions 10."

which respectively embrace and are secured by bolts 11 to the upwardlyextending forward portions of the arms 5.

The forwardv edges of the arms 5v are located at the forward endof theframe and are adapted to support the frame in a Vsub- Patentea July 3o,1918.

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stantially v`vertical position when a barrel or other package is beingloaded upon or unloaded from the truck.4 The forward por'- tions of thearms 5 serve as a fulcrum upon which the fI ame is firstswung as it ismoved from the vertical to the horizontal position.

The arms 5 are respectively provided with two plates 12, Vwhich extendforwardly of servingas .an intermediate fulcrum upon The fulcrum formedbythe forward ends of the plates 12 is located intermediate of andspaced apart from the fulcra formed by the rollers 7 and the extremeforward portions of the arms 5. By having the lfulcra so spaced apart,the truck Vmay be swung from the upright loading position to a posi--v ytion in which the intermediate fulcrum yor Vwithout the` plates 12 willstrike the floor lbarrel or other load carried by the truck'Y beinglifted but a slight distance. When the truck has been swung with theload to a Y position in which the intermediatefulcrum or plates 12strike the floor, the center of gravity of the load will have passed toa point substantially vertically above the intermediate fulcrum. .In thecontinued swinging movement ontheintermediate ful- 9i)Y the rollers 7the forward ends of said plates crum toward `the horizontal position,the load will be lifted a relatively large amount, but this will beeasily aecomplishedas a portion of the load will be descending in theturning movement of the truck on the ful-Y.. crum plates 12, and will,therefore, assist.

inrlifting that vportion of the load which is rising with the forwardend of the truck. F or effect-ing this function, the intermediatefulcrum is located closely adjacent to. the rollers 7, the latterbeing'relatively so located as to have the load transferred thereto,after the truck has been swung substantially 45 degrees from thevertical.

Twolhandles13 are respectively pivoted by vertical bolts 1/1 to theupper sides of the angle bars 1 adjacent to the rear ends of thehorizontal portions thereof. The handles 13 are adapted to be swung fromthe rearwardly extending horizontal operative position shown in'liig. 1and in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to a transverse horizontal position shownin solid lines yin Fig. 'When disposed .inthe last named position, thehandles 13 will be so disposed as to conserve space.v

Secured to each handle 13 is a U-shaped plate15, disposed at the rear ofthe adjacent bolt 14 and adapted to embrace the adjacent angle bar l, inthe horizontal portion thereof, when the handle'is swung totherearwardly extending position shown in Fig-'1.

Respectively attached at one set of ends to the angle bars 1 are twochains 16 and 17, which are adapted to embrace a barrel or other packagewhich. is mounted on the transverse bars 4. The free end of the chain 16is provided with' a yhook 18, which is adapted to releasably engage oneof the links of the chain 17, when the chains are in the embracingposition.

In the operation of my improved truck, the truck is swung to the loadingposition, that is :the vertical position, and the lip 9 is insertedVunder the barrel or package to be loaded. The barrel is tilted againstthe bars 4, aftervwhich'the chains 16 and 17 are fastened together overthe barrel. The truck is then swung by grasping the handles 13, whichare in the rearwardly extending position, upon the forward fulcrum untilthe intermediate fulcrum constituting the forward ends of the plates 12,at which time the barrel will only be slightly lifted from thel floor.The weight will now be transferred to the intermediatey fulcrum, whichwill carry the load in a balanced condition on the fulcrum until therollers 7 strike the floor7 at which time the load will be transferredto the rollers 7, and the truck then easily swung to the horizontalposition shown in the drawing.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that 'a barrel orother similar load may be easily'raised from the floor and the truckswung therewith to the horizontal position with a minimum expenditure ofstrength, this result being capable of accomplishment owing to thearrangement of the different fulcra upon which then truck is swung.

Modifications of myv invention may be made, within the scope of theappended my invention.

What Ijclaim is y In a truck, a frame having two supporting arms adaptedto ksupport the truck in a substantially upright position, a rollersupport mounted in said arms for supporting the frame in f a horizontalposition, and two plates secured respectively to said arms and extendingforwardly beyond the roller sup-A port and beyond the forward edges ofsaid arms and cooperating with the arms and with said roller support forsupporting the frame in two positions of rest respectively intermediateof the upright and ofthe horizontal positions. j

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification.

HALLETT D. ELLS..

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claim, without departing from the spirit of I

